Norma Buchanan

WatchTime

COUNTRY

United States of America

ABOUT

I began covering watches in 1987, when I joined the staff of a now defunct watch and jewelry magazine in New York. I can trace my interest in the watch world to a single event. One day I happened upon a little vintage wristwatch shop in Manhattan and began a conversation with the store owner. He told me some remarkable tales. One was about a Mickey Mouse watch he had sold for a jaw-dropping $500. Another was about some complicated Patek Philippes he had bought and seen double or triple in price in the blink of an eye. I had a great story, I knew. Hundreds of other great stories followed. The vintage-watch boom soon gave rise to the mechanical-watch boom and the remarkable rebirth of the Swiss watch industry after the quartz crisis. I stayed on the watch beat and am now an editor and writer at WatchTime magazine, waiting to see what other tales the watch world has up its sleeve.

Norma Buchanan

WatchTime

COUNTRY

United States of America

ABOUT

I began covering watches in 1987, when I joined the staff of a now defunct watch and jewelry magazine in New York. I can trace my interest in the watch world to a single event. One day I happened upon a little vintage wristwatch shop in Manhattan and began a conversation with the store owner. He told me some remarkable tales. One was about a Mickey Mouse watch he had sold for a jaw-dropping $500. Another was about some complicated Patek Philippes he had bought and seen double or triple in price in the blink of an eye. I had a great story, I knew. Hundreds of other great stories followed. The vintage-watch boom soon gave rise to the mechanical-watch boom and the remarkable rebirth of the Swiss watch industry after the quartz crisis. I stayed on the watch beat and am now an editor and writer at WatchTime magazine, waiting to see what other tales the watch world has up its sleeve.